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Farm to FamiliesFood Box Program

Farm to Families
Food Box Program

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Farm to Families Food Box Program.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:45
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
Help the farm, help those families... - Food and Country 00:05
Help the farm, help those families...
In this last round of food boxes, - Food and Country 00:12
In this last round of food boxes,
- No. - [Bob] The letter has to be included in the box. - Food and Country 00:06
- No. - [Bob] The letter has to be included in the box.
We have to make a decision as to how much to leave in the field. - Food and Country 00:05
We have to make a decision as to how much to leave in the fi...
We cannot spend the dollars, because we don't have them right now, to harvest that - Food and Country 00:10
We cannot spend the dollars, because we don't have them...
We have several million people in New York City alone that are going to bed hungry. - Food and Country 00:07
We have several million people in New York City alone that a...
And here we are just a handful of hours down the road, with the product in the field. - Food and Country 00:08
And here we are just a handful of hours down the road, with ...
120 families here - Food and Country 00:09
120 families here
We're not smart enough as a society to work together to connect those dots. - Food and Country 00:09
We're not smart enough as a society to work together to...
It's a ripple-down effect, and it's a struggle. - Food and Country 00:06
It's a ripple-down effect, and it's a struggle.
When we were in our twenties and we all moved to California, - Food and Country 00:09
When we were in our twenties and we all moved to California,
We weren't going to be beholden to corporate America. - Food and Country 00:06
We weren't going to be beholden to corporate America.
Um, you could live really on nothing in those days. - Food and Country 00:06
Um, you could live really on nothing in those days.
We all bought that house together, that group of us. - Food and Country 00:05
We all bought that house together, that group of us.
I mean, Doug and my share of the rent was $45 a month. - Food and Country 00:07
I mean, Doug and my share of the rent was $45 a month.
We raised half our own food, - Food and Country 00:10
We raised half our own food,
And I don't think you can do that anymore. - Food and Country 00:05
And I don't think you can do that anymore.
Oh, God, I didn't leave the beans on the fire, did I? - Food and Country 00:06
Oh, God, I didn't leave the beans on the fire, did I?
Did you? [laughing] - Food and Country 00:07
Did you? [laughing]
Can I ask a really stupid question? Are you a good cook? - Food and Country 00:06
Can I ask a really stupid question? Are you a good cook?